Hearing protection

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Mon May 04, 2009 1:28 am

Bud33 wrote: Then you have to wonder about this latest generation when you sit at a stop light and the roof on the car next to you is flexing from the bass boom.

Or when you are sitting in the living room and you can feel them coming a block away, always wondered what that is like on the inside but will take someone else's opinion on that as I don't want the real experience myself.

lucam · Post by **lucam** » Mon May 04, 2009 9:07 am

greener wrote:I also spent 35 years playing with chemicals. Learned the importance of eye protection very early.

Last year, I forgot my protective glasses on a mountain bike ride. It cost my insurance agency $26,000. The one day I forget something...

Bad things happen when you least expect it.

blueridgeranger · Post by **blueridgeranger** » Sat May 16, 2009 4:42 pm

Hello all
When I go to the range these days I use both the plugs and the muffs.
When I was young(er) and more foolish, I didn't, so now have tinnitus, or ringing in the ears, and yes, at times it can be almost painful.
Now, I also have worked on and around recip and jet powered aircraft since 1955, and didn't always wear ear protection. I wish I had.
I would use both, and I do. Yes, when the guy next to me lights off his 500 American Eagle or some 12 gauge, I go take a break. I don't care to have things deteriorate more than they already have.
just my two cents worth
all the best to all
blueridgeranger

Tigerbeetle · Post by **Tigerbeetle** » Wed May 27, 2009 2:19 pm

I grew up on a farm shooting and driving a tractor every day. As I got older I worked around out board motors, chain saws, caterpillars, etc. after I got out of college as a forester. I wore ear plugs in college on the indoor .22 range and at meets, etc., but I guess the damage was done by then. I wear $5600 worth of hearing aids in my ears now so I don't have to say "HUH?" all the time. Hind sight is good, but I don't blame anyone for what we know now, but didn't know then.

Hi Ball · Post by **Hi Ball** » Sat May 30, 2009 11:50 am

Now when I go to an inside shooting range especially, I wear both ear plugs and muffs to protect what hearing I have left. Sometimes I have seen people forget and take muffs off by mistake and this can be costly inside one of those ranges.

I say more is better and my muffs are rated at 30 db! I do NOT trust those muffs that electronically cut out noise. Now I too have tinnitus and it is NO FUN folks! So listen up to the Old Timers and PROTECT YOUR EARS ALWAYS, even if it is a .22LR caliber you or someone else is firing. Using a chain saw will mess up your hearing also, it just takes a little longer for the effect to happen. ALWAYS WEAR EAR PROTECTION, even if you are hunting with your weapon.

bearandoldman · Post by **bearandoldman** » Sat May 30, 2009 12:17 pm

The electronic units work fine, I have two pair of them, Great at an outdoor range unless someone has a .50BMG, really they were great when I shot a lot of sporting clays as you could hear the trap and knew when the target was coming as on some stations it would travel 30 yards or better until it got to where you had a shot at it. Indoors unless alone and just Rimfire the were fine, big bores required the 30b muffs and sometimes plugs also.